Facility details
- Address
- 216 Red Can Drive
Colchester, VT 05446 - Phone
- (802) 655-4312
- Website
- theredcanfamily.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Chittenden County
- EPA Region
- 1
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Rathe Brother's Landfill Landfill 0.3 mi · Colchester, VT
- McNeil Wood & Yard Waste Depot Transfer Station 1.7 mi · Burlington, VT
- Queen City Steel Co Metals 1.8 mi · Burlington, VT
- Sleep Well Recycling Recycling 1.8 mi · Burlington, VT
- Environmental Depot - CSWD Transfer Station 2.6 mi · South Burlington, VT
- CSWD Drop-Off Center Transfer StationRecycling 2.6 mi · South Burlington, VT
- Spring Bottle Redemption Recycling 2.8 mi · Burlington, VT
- Essex Drop Off - CSWD Transfer Station 3.2 mi · Essex, VT
- Burlington Drop Off -CSWD Transfer Station 3.3 mi · Burlington, VT
- Quick Count Bottle Redemption Recycling 4.3 mi · South Burlington, VT
Nearest landfill: Rathe Brother's Landfill, Colchester — 0.3 mi
Area served
Serves Winooski, Colchester, Burlington, South Burlington, Essex Junction, Williston, Shelburne, Milton, South Hero, Westford, Port Kent, NY, Richmond.
County context
One of 12 recycling centers in Chittenden County, VT.
ZIP 05446 population 16,361.
Vermont solid-waste agency: Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)